A body of stories, the origins of which may be unknown or forgotten, that explain practices, beliefs, institutions or natural phenomena. Mythology includes legends and folk tales. It may refer to classical mythology or to a body of modern thought and modern life. (From Webster's 1st ed)
    

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Hercules. Etching.

[Newspaper cutting, "Giants" (1842?) about the possibility of an ancient race of giants].

The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.

Eleven scenes of witchcraft. Woodcut, 1720.

The temples and ritual of Asklepios at Epidauros and Athens : Two lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain / by Richard Caton.

Die heilige Urschrift der menschheit : symbolgeschichtliche unter suchungen diesseits und jenseits des Nordatlantik / [Herman Wirth Roeper Bosch].

The bridle of Pegasus : studies in magic, mythology and folklore / by Warren R. Dawson.

Voir, savoir, pouvoir : le chamanisme chez les Yagua du nord-est péruvien / Jean-Pierre Chaumeil.

Hercules and Achelous. Engraving by J.B. Patas after A. Borel after G.A. Pordenone.

Legends of the city of Mexico / collected by Thomas A. Janvier ; illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark.

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Die heilige Urschrift der menschheit : symbolgeschichtliche unter suchungen diesseits und jenseits des Nordatlantik / [Herman Wirth Roeper Bosch].

The bridle of Pegasus : studies in magic, mythology and folklore / by Warren R. Dawson.

Voir, savoir, pouvoir : le chamanisme chez les Yagua du nord-est péruvien / Jean-Pierre Chaumeil.

Hercules and Achelous. Engraving by J.B. Patas after A. Borel after G.A. Pordenone.

Legends of the city of Mexico / collected by Thomas A. Janvier ; illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark.